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KUALA LUMPUR (April 27): Affin Hwang Capital reported on April 24 that WCT Holdings Bhd has set lower sales target for 2015 but due to its 2,200 acres (890.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 27): Hong Leong Investment Bank Research has reported that occupancy rates for mall and office property (pictured) under the Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) are largely intact in the current quarter.

SEREMBAN (April 27): Property developer Matrix Concepts Holdings Bhd expects Bandar Sri Sendayan (BSS) in Seremban to flourish into a town centre similar to that of 1 Utama upon completion in seven to eight years, according to group managing director and CEO Datuk Lee Tian Hock.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 27): Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd believes it will not come out badly if the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) rejects a resubmitted application for a development order to redevelop the 7.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 27): The slight uptick in the volume of residential property transactions in 2014 points to the first signs of a recovery since the segment’s “continuous dip” from 2012, says Raine & Horne International Zaki + Partners Sdn Bhd senior partner Michael Geh (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 27): Terengganu’s property market saw the value and volume of its transactions rise by 18.

PETALING JAYA (April 25): There was minimal change in transacted volumes and values in the first quarter of this year (1Q2015) as the property market readied itself for the Goods and Services Tax (GST), said Reapfield Academy Sdn Bhd group CEO and president Dr Gerald Kho (pictured) during his presentation on the topic “Post-GST – The Real Impact on Buyers” at The Edge Investment Forum on Real Estate 2015 today.

PETALING JAYA (April 25): Developers will experience higher cost of inputs and margin compression pressure after the implementation of Good and Services Tax (GST), said Sunway Bhd’s managing director of property development division of Malaysia and Singapore, Sarena Cheah (pictured) during her presentation on “Post-GST -- The Real Impact on Buyers” at the The Edge Investment Forum on Real Estate 2015 today.

PETALING JAYA (April 25): Deputy president of the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (REHDA) Malaysia Datuk Soam Heng Choon (pictured), has cleared the air for property purchasers, stating that while the rules surrounding Goods and Services Tax (GST) are still vague for most people, it will bode well for buyers to download the regulation manual and understand it.

PETALING JAYA (April 25): Proposed infrastructure developments in Penang, Iskandar Malaysia and Greater Kuala Lumpur will create opportunities for new property hotspots.